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. 2020 Feb 20;124(4):535–549. doi: 10.1038/s41437-020-0298-8

Table 2.

Estimates of Ne*, the effective population size required to explain morphological shifts by drift alone.

Trait All FP FP1 FP2
Wing 101–456 108–489 54–242
Tail 34.4–155 34–153 36–161
Tarsus 835–3,766 804–3,625 1,215–5,480
Bill length (P) 13–57 13–58 11–52
Bill depth (A) 7–31 7–30 7–32
Bill width (A) 192–865 241–1,086 43–195
PC1 9–38 8–37 11–51
PC2 25–113 28–126 7–32

Lower estimates are calculated with a generation time of three years and heritability estimates of 0.2, and upper estimates calculated with a generation time of 2 years and heritability estimates of 0.6. Underlined values show cases where Ne(h)>Ne*, and drift can be rejected as the sole mechanism of differentiations.